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To alt whom it may concern: i

.Be -it known that lI, AUGUST BRATNOBER, of

m @him Aneusr sanctionne, or ,vvns'rnnA conNTY, 'lows-q Lezers Patent N0. 108,559, dated october 25, uno.

iMPR'ofvEMENTm House-comun FAsrEmNes.

e Schedule referred tc in these Lettere Patent and making part of the same.

Webster County and State of iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Horse-Collars, of

l which the following isa full, clear, andlexzwt` descrip- Ation, reference being hadto the accompanying drawmaking a part ef this specification, in which- .in' ,Y ignre 1 1s a perspective view ot' my improved eollar complete.

Figure 2 representsthe collar open, s howing the hinge at the top, and the locking device'at the'hottom. l' 4 Figure 3 is a sideriew of my collar. i

.Figured is a sectional View ofthe lower part of 'the collar and of -the locking device. Figure 5 shows the lapping ends of' the Vmetal lianies,f\vitli the device for locking. IFigure 6 represents a portion of the metal haines, with the lockingfspring attached.

The object of' my invention is to overcome the d fculties now experienced in adjusting horse-collars,

.and securing theA haines thereto, and Ato save much valuable .time which is often con and; unfastening llames. Y

` "liicprinciples of my improvement consist in se- 'cnringthemetal haines permanently to the collar; in

hinging the haines at. the top, and inv securing them to the, bottom by-a locking-rivet, regulated by a spring and operated by a. screw.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand and use my4 invention, I will proceed to describe the -manner in which Iliave'carried itrout. Y

In the said drawiugnl A is the collar, and

sumed in fastening B the metal hames', securely fastened thereto by the s'erews l1 b. n

Gis a cap torsecure the top of thc :collar fr'ornthe eiects of the weather. Dis the hinge-hook, formed on the upper ends of the inet-a1 llames, by which the collar `is allowed to kswing open at the bottom for adjustment, l Y

` a a are the lower ends ot the metal haines, which lnp, as shown in iig. 4, and are secured in position by the lockingrivet n, catching in the adjusting-holes nzm, from which Ait is again drawn by simply reversing thedireetion of the thumb-screw S, which controls vthe spring e, fig. 6`

c c are metal loops on the end ct of the haines, into llames, while the. locking-rivet n' holds' them inl position.-

' From this description of my invention it is evident that a collar and haines thus made can be alniost instantaneousiy4 adjusted and secured in position, und

as quickly removedv when desired, and this by means simple, cheap, and not liable to get out of order.

What I claim asmy invention, and desire to secure vby Letters' Patent,:is-

Thel loops c 0 holes 'm my, lin eombinationwith the lockingLrivet n, spring e,V and set-screw S, when applied to a hinged collar, substantiailyas and fort-he purpose described..

AUGUST 13R-ATN OBER.

,"Witnesses: l

FRED. Hnss,

W. C. Benner-ns. 

